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Today, a hearing at the Court of Appeal may define the future of civil disobedience. As a string of climate activist trials reach the courts, a defence used to acquit many of those charged could soon be cut off.
The Court of Appeal could close the route that many activists take to be acquitted – but critics say tightening the law would be ‘draconian’
At 9:30 am on March 12, 1963, in Room 1-B of Manhattan’s Rockefeller Institute, six experts gathered to discuss the implications of a newly identified atmospheric phenomenon: the rising level of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels have done great good for humanity, but they are now not only threatening our planet’s climate, but also taking a terrible toll on the global environment, putting at risk Earth systems vital to life as we know it. Part 1 of a three-part miniseries.
The ruling, the first of its kind, is reverberating worldwide, especially among young climate activists. But it still faces hurdles.